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Politics of desecularization : law and the minority question in Pakistan / Sadia Saeed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saeed, Sadia, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
- Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious minorities--Pakistan.
- Religious minorities.
- Religious law and legislation--Pakistan.
- Religious law and legislation.
- Ahmadiyya--Pakistan.
- Ahmadiyya.
- Secularization--Pakistan.
- Secularization.
- Islam and politics--Pakistan.
- Islam and politics.
- Islam and state--Pakistan.
- Islam and state.
- Islam and state--Pakistan--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- The movement away from secularist practices and toward political Islam is a prominent trend across Muslim polities. Yet this shift remains under-theorized. Why do modern Muslim polities adopt policies that explicitly cater to religious sensibilities? How are these encoded in law and with what effects? Sadia Saeed addresses these questions through examining shifts in Pakistan's official state policies toward the rights of religious minorities, in particular the controversial Ahmadiyya community. Looking closely at the 'Ahmadi question', Saeed develops a framework for conceptualizing and explaining modern desecularization processes that emphasizes the critical role of nation-state formation, political majoritarianism, and struggles between 'secularist' and 'religious' ideologues in evolving political and legal fields. The book demonstrates that desecularization entails instituting new understandings of religion through processes and justifications that are quintessentially modern.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Rethinking desecularization
- Colonial genealogy of Muslim politics
- Democratic exclusions, authoritarian inclusions
- Politics of minoritization
- The nation-state and its heretics
- Courts and the minority question
- Conclusion: After secularization.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-108-10581-5
- 1-108-10990-X
- 1-108-11058-4
- 1-316-50557-X
- 1-316-49242-7
- 1-108-11126-2
- 1-108-11194-7
- 1-108-11466-0
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